EPA Asked to Identify Companies With Risky Uses of Two Chemicals

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The EPA should identify specific businesses that make or use two chemicals in ways that could harm people, especially workers, if it wants to address underserved communities' concerns, environmental justice advocates told the agency Monday.The Environmental Protection Agency held an online consultation with individuals and organizations focused on environmental justice. The agency sought their information and perspectives to help it develop rules for two solvents-methylene chloride and 1-bromopropane-that the EPA determined may harm people's health.